pumpkin spice latte
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pumpkin spice latte
First recorded in 2005–10
Example Sentences
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On the company’s marketed Red Cup Day, customers who order a holiday-themed beverage, such as the popular pumpkin spice latte, receive a free limited-edition reusable red cup.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
The pumpkin spice latte is now a staple of coffee shops in the UK as well as the US.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024
Never once, in book nor film, have I seen a hard-boiled detective order a pumpkin spice latte, nor a kindly grandmother comfort someone with a shot of rye in a dirty glass.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
La COLOMBE's pumpkin spice latte is "delicious & creamy with the perfect amount of pumpkin flavor and also has less sugar than most similar lattes," just like its holiday-themed Peppermint Mocha Latte Coffee.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2022
Before there was pumpkin spice latte — and pumpkin spice Oreos and cereal and deodorant and pumpkin spice everything else — there was pumpkin spice.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021
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